Antique Office Furniture
Working from home becomes a genuine pleasure when your desk has been standing since Gladstone was in office. Our dealers stock antique pedestal desks, writing tables, bureau bookcases, filing cabinets, captain's chairs, partners' desks and library tables in mahogany, oak and walnut.
Antique office furniture was built for daily use over decades, if not centuries. The result is a quality of construction and materials that makes modern office furniture look decidedly temporary.
Antique Mahogany Davenport Desk By Gillows Of Lancaster
A Small Regency Rosewood Writing Table
A Chamber Writing Table Attributed To Gillows
A Superb Cylinder Desk In The Manner Of John Mclean
Exhibition Quality Davenport made by T.H. Filmer & Sons
George III Chippendale Period Tambour Writing Table
Rare 17th Century Oak Bureau
Antique Victorian Walnut Cylinder Bureau Bookcase With Writing Desk & Cupboard
Edwards and Roberts Writing Desk
Early 18th Century Oak Bureau
Superb Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Fine French Burr Walnut Bureau Platt Desk
Super Kidney Shaped Mahogany Desk
George III Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Fine 18th Century Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Early 18th Century Walnut Kneehole Desk
George II Walnut Kneehole Desk
18th Century Mahogany Kneehole Desk
Early 18th Century Walnut Bureau Bookcase
18th Century Mahogany Secretaire Kneehole Desk
Working at an Antique Desk
The rise of home working has transformed the market for antique office furniture. A Victorian pedestal desk with leather-lined top, brass handles and deep filing drawers does everything a modern desk does, but with the added satisfaction of working at something genuinely well made. Partners' desks, designed for two people to work facing each other, are magnificent pieces that make a statement in any study or office.
Kneehole desks are more compact and suit smaller rooms. Carlton House desks, with their distinctive U-shaped gallery of drawers and compartments, are the Rolls-Royce of writing desks and highly sought after. Davenport desks, small and slope-topped, were designed for correspondence and work perfectly as laptop stations.
Office Chairs
The captain's chair, with its curved back and arms on a swivel base, was the standard office chair of the Victorian and Edwardian periods. They remain supremely comfortable and are well suited to long hours of desk work. Look for examples with the original leather or consider having a worn seat re-upholstered.
Desk chairs on castors, library chairs and reading chairs all serve office purposes and can be found in a range of styles and sizes to suit your space and working habits.
Technology and Antique Desks
Modern technology integrates well with antique desks. Cable management can be discreetly handled through existing holes (originally for inkwell holders) or through the back of the kneehole. Many antique desks offer more drawer space than any modern equivalent, which is useful for storing chargers, papers and stationery.